Sometimes I find truth stranger than fiction. Take this recent story found on CNSNEWS.com...

Today we have a poll over at our main Voice of the Martyrs site asking if your church is going to participate in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

To Dinh Trung has put hundreds of miles on his bicycle, traveling bumpy dirt roads to minister to the K’Ho tribe. This is one of sixty tribes in Vietnam that the government forbids visitors to evangelize. As he entered the village on April 4, 1995, police suddenly pulled him off his bicycle and started to beat him. They videotaped him and ridiculed him in front of the villagers.

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On August 23, three Christians in Chiapas, Mexico, were brutally killed by their neighbor after he blamed them for his daughter’s stomach ailment. Antonio Gomez blamed his Christian neighbor, Pedro Gomez Diaz and his family, for his 11-year-old daughter's stomach ailment and accused the Christian family of practicing witchcraft, Compass Direct News reported.

Today I would like to talk to you a little bit about why The Voice of the Martyrs would like you to be an advocate for the persecuted church and specifically for persecuted prisoners. First, let's look at some passages of scripture.

Today Christian World News has a video report from Lee Webb about the recent violence in churches, against Christians, from Hindu extremists.

The Voice of the Martyrs contacts working with North Korean Christians do not expect a change in the North Korean government’s policies and practices that persecute believers, despite reports the country’s dictator, Kim Jong Il, is acutely ill.